Based on this https://www.airlines.org/dataset/safety-record-of-u-s-air-ca... between 2009 and 2021 there were indeed 2. I think that the point stands, it is very impressive and safe.

Wikipedia says 51.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_...

The numbers would go up quite a bit if it included private and military. The numbers you linked to seem to have a very tight definition of which flights were considered, as the Wikipedia list showcases several more in-flight deaths involving air carrier class airplanes than just two.

I don't understand how you arrived at the number 51. Did you just tally up all the incidents in that list that occurred after 2009?

That list includes a bunch of incidents that are not really relevant for assessing risk level when flying on a commercial airline:

- Someone committing suicide by getting sucked into a plane engine while the plane was on the ground.

- Someone sneaking onto a runway and getting struck by a plane that was landing.

- Another person stealing a plane and intentionally crashing it into the ground.

- The Kobe Bryant helicopter crash.

Looking through the list I would conclude the parent comment was correct. The only incidents with passenger fatalities on US airlines since 2009 were Southwest 1380 and PenAir 3296.

It's definitely more than two.

Can you specify which other incidents on that list you think are relevant?